Rick, I don't have an answer to your question, but I have experienced some strange names lately.  The Fayette and Raleigh Counties Genealogical Society, of which I am a member, has began a project of reading the Raleigh County Cemeteries and as much as my grandmother has said that my generation has come up with strange names for our children, I have found trhrough this project that her generation is just, if not more guilty. I have seen 'Choice' as a name for a man, and then we get into the military names, Colonel and General (apparenty the parents could not get over the war). We also have Talamage and Pleasant. Quite a bit of people used 'Jennings' for a middle name (there are two in my family) but nearly half of all of the women had 'Mae' as either a first or middle name. Anita ________________________________ From: Richard Stewart <rcs5ster@gmail.com> To: wvlogan@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 12:25:44 AM Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Names Hello Shelby - Grama Mullins' middle name was Artemisha.  We find names like that throughout early Logan Co. censuses.  There is a category for these names, but I have forgotten.  It comes from a Greek goddess Artemise.  These names were popular at one time.  Does anyone know what they are called? Thanks,  Rick On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 6:53 PM, <BurgessWV@aol.com> wrote: > The ancient Romans had the best idea on feminine names ; they named all > the flowers : Rose, Iris, Pansy,Glory,Daisy, Hyacinth, etc. Then they named > the girl children for the various flowers. > Some modern names starting with "El" came from the Hebrew name for God(EL), > such as : Elvin, Elbert,Elvira, Eloise, Elaine ,Elva, Elton, Elmo. > > Shelby > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message